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1. How to create my own JavaScript Random Number generator that I can also set the seed    stackoverflow.com

The JavaScript Math.random() function returns a random value between 0 and 1 (automatically seeded based on the current time (similar to Java I believe)). However I'd like to ...

2. Javascript Random Number?    stackoverflow.com

I have the following script;

Timer=0;
function countdown(auctionid)
{
var auctions;
var divs;

Timer=Timer+1;

if((Timer%10=="0")||(Timer=="1")){
$.get("current.php", {
id:auctionid},
function(data){
auctions=data.split("||");
for(n=0;n<=auctions.length;n++)
{
if(auctions[n] != undefined)
{
divis=auctions[n].split("##");

$('#futu'+divis[0]).html(divis[1]);
}}
});
}
var cauctionid="auctionid";
var tauctions=auctionid.split("|");
for(i=0;i<=tauctions.length;i++)
{
if(tauctions[i] != undefined)
{
var dd=$('#futu'+tauctions[i]).text();
var cdd=dd-1;
$('#futu'+tauctions[i]).html(cdd);

dd=dd*1000;
dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
dhour=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000)*1)
dmin=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
dsec=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)

if(dday==0&&dhour==0&&dmin==0&&dsec==0){
$('#Bid'+tauctions[i]).html("SOLD");
//return
}
if(dhour <=9)
{
dhour = "0"+dhour;
}
if(dmin <=9)
{
dmin = "0"+dmin;
}
if(dsec 

3. Generating random numbers in Javascript    stackoverflow.com

How can I generate a random whole number between two specified variables in Javascript, e.g. x=4 and y=8 would output any of 4,5,6,7,8?

4. Generate random number in JavaScript    stackoverflow.com

I need an 2d array [9,16] with 144 numbers from 1->36 in random order (so each number is repeated 4 times). I'm new at JS so can you give a hand, ...

5. Random number between -10 and 10 in JavaScript    stackoverflow.com

Possible Duplicate:
Generating random numbers in Javascript
How do I get a random number between ?10 and 10 in JavaScript?

6. How do I generate a number after a button is clicked?    stackoverflow.com

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How to create a GUID / UUID in Javascript?
I need to have a script that generates random numbers and letters with a form ...

7. Random number generator without dupes in Javascript?    stackoverflow.com

I need help with writing some code that will create a random number from an array of 12 numbers and print it 9 times without dupes. This has been tough for ...

8. Secure random numbers in javascript?    stackoverflow.com

How do I generate cryptographically secure random numbers in javascript?

9. Is there any built in browser support for crypto random numbers in IE and Webkit? Firefox has window.crypto    stackoverflow.com

Is there anything similar to https://developer.mozilla.org/en/javascript_crypto for IE or webkit browsers? I just need to generate cryptographically secure pseudo-random numbers, but I don't want to have to include a large ...

11. How to generate random numbers in Javascript    stackoverflow.com

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Generating random numbers in Javascript
Hi.. I want to generate random numbers (integers) in javascript within a specified range. ie. 101-999. How can I do ...

12. Jacascript random number picker not working    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to make a simple javascript application to pick a randnumber between 1 and a number I specify in an input field so I can pick a random winner for ...

13. Javascript/html: How to generate random number between number A and number B?    stackoverflow.com

We have a form with 2 fields and a button. We want on button click to output random int number (like 3, 5 or 33) which would lie between int A ...

14. Random interval number    stackoverflow.com

I modified this countdown script to actually count up. Now it changes the innerHTML of the div "container" every 300 ms. How can i change that 300ms to be a random number between ...

15. Getting random number divisible by 16    stackoverflow.com

In math how do I obtain the closest number of a number that is divisible by 16? For example I get the random number 100 and I want to turn that number ...

16. Randomly display dots    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to design a little game using JS, and what I want it to do is make a random number say... 1-100 and then randomly scatter the dots (I ...

17. javascript: generate 2 random but distinct numbers from range    stackoverflow.com

quick question: What is the best way for implementing this line of python code (generates two random but distinct numbers from a given range)...

random.sample(xrange(10), 2)
...in Javascript? Thanks in advance! Martin

18. Random between two numbers in Javascript    stackoverflow.com

Is there a way to generate random number in range from 1 to 6 (1,2,3,4,5,6) in JS? How to do this?

19. How can I generate a random number within a range but exclude some?    stackoverflow.com

Basically I pick a random number between 0-24(25 elements in the array example below) lets say it comes out to be 8:

Math.floor(Math.random() * myArray.length);
Now I want to get another number in ...

20. Creating a random number generator in jscript and prevent duplicates    stackoverflow.com

We are trying to create a random number generator to create serial numbers for products on a virtual assembly line. We got the random numbers to generate, however since they are ...

21. Problems While Trying To Generate Random Numbers    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to build a web application that generates a random number within a range(from/to) using this code:

function generateRandom(rFrom, rTo)
{
    var num;
    num = Math.floor(rFrom ...

22. evenly distributed random numbers    stackoverflow.com

Hey, is there way to choose evenly distributed random numbers? I used this function

Math.floor(Math.random()*2)
which returns either 1 or 0. However, I dont think it has exact 50% chance to produce ...

23. How to generate random number with js from range starting from 1?    stackoverflow.com

I've been using this code to generate a random number with js:

var max = 10
Math.floor(Math.random()+(max+1));
From what I understand that will generate a number from 0 to 10, but what if I ...

24. Different probability for ranges of random numbers    stackoverflow.com

I'm looking for the best way of implementing random number generator, that will allow me to have control over probability from what range the generated number will be returned. To visualize ...

25. Any pseudo random number generator in Javascript?    stackoverflow.com

Possible Duplicate:
How to create my own JavaScript Random Number generator that I can also set the seed
Is there any random number generator for Javascript? Before ...

26. random numbers in each div    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to code it so random numbers will show up when I click on each div and not all divs when one div is selected. Right the same random ...

27. Javascript question regarding hiding certain divs by id thats a changing random number    stackoverflow.com

Can anyone help me with javascript that hides divs matching a specific random number? Every time I load this page it has two divs like <div id='1945498985'> the number changes every ...

28. Is it not possible to generate random numbers directly inside a fillStyle?    stackoverflow.com

Maybe I'm not using Math.random() correctly, although I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong:

ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(Math.floor(Math.random()*256),Math.floor(Math.random()*256),Math.floor(Math.random()*256))";
ctx.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);

29. How can I create (in Javascript), a tool to identify the longest repeated pattern in a series of numbers?    stackoverflow.com

Alright, long story short, what I overall am attempting to do, is test the level of randomness in a series of multiple thousands of " previously generated seemingly "random" numbers. I've already ...

30. How do I generate a random number within my javascript code?    stackoverflow.com

I'm using some 3rd party javascript to generate a slideshows within each of the posts on a blog. Each slideshow must have a unique ID to work properly. I ...

31. Generate 5 different non repeatable random numbers in javascript    stackoverflow.com

please tell me how to generate 5 different non repeatable random number between 1,20 in javascript for unity3d this the code i have written.. this works 1st 3 times but crashes the ...

32. Random number in script    stackoverflow.com

I would like to put a number to link to different music style playlist. To a specific music style is no problem. But also i want to make a random video player ...

33. Seedable Random number generator in JavaScript    stackoverflow.com

I'm looking for a random number generator in JavaScript which I can initialize with a certain seed and gives a deterministic result (according to that seed). It should be capable of ...

34. Clone element, after row 10 random numbers    codingforums.com

Hello all, I hope someone can help me with this. I have a form wich has a add/remove row button, this so the visitor can select multiple sets of data. All is fine and is being submitted via PHP. Only problem is from number 10 and up, i am getting strange random numbers in the new rows that are added in ...

35. Random Number But Only Once    codingforums.com

This is quite easy yet hard. I'm trying to apply something in my forums, where a member could post something let's say: "Hi, I am number [random]1, 6[/random]" And what would happen is that, a number from 1 to 6 would be the content, for example, it would be: "Hi, I am number 3" But if you refresh the page, it ...

36. Non-repeat random number generator?    codingforums.com

Alternatively, you could create a 100 element array, randomize it and then suck out the a group of pointers, 25 at a time. You then have no repeating pointers to position in array to wish to display. You can pull out 4 groups of 25 of the 100 pointers without ever having to repeat. Code: Untitled ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>37. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=211375'>Random number code help.</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>38. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=198580'>random generator throws 'undefined' number occasionally</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Hello all! I'm completely new here so I hope I'm doing this right and posting this in the appropriate subforums - if not, my apologies! Anyways, on to my actual problem. I am using the following script on a website to display a different image every time one visits/refreshes. The problem is, sometimes, instead of one of the images I have ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>39. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=179967'>Adding 3 different random numbers for Blackjack / 21??</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Adding 3 different random numbers for Blackjack / 21?? I would like to create a Blackjack style game for one of my high school programming classes. I can generate 3 different random numbers and use these random numbers to display an image with that number on it. How do I add the 3 separately generated numbers together to show the total?? ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>40. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=165521'>Do action based on random number</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>41. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=132884'>Random Number Return to Same on Back</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Hello, I am trying to generate a random number each a person visits a page but would like that number to not change if they leave the page and use their browser back button to return. My code is below and the problem I have is that upon browser back the value in the if statement is still "Null" despite having ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>42. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=120489'>random numbers</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>I'm looking for a script that randomly generates 9 numbers, with the exception that it should always begin with 1. I kinda need this script urgently and i'm not that highly proficient in Java Script :s If someone could post this script and I'd be able to look at it, it'd do a lot for me. </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>43. <a href='http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=a028c884e4c916599e61f40269c662f8&t=114022'>25 dependant random numbers</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    codingforums.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>i am looking to kake a 5*5 grid with each square having a random number between 1 and 99. none of the numbers can be the same. i tried using a html table with a random number code in each square but this allowed more than one square of the grid to have the same number. is this possible and if ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>44. <a href='http://forums.devarticles.com/javascript-development-22/random-number-generator-and-assign-numbers-to-svg-shapes-33624.html'>Random number generator and Assign numbers to SVG Shapes</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devarticles.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Hi, im in the process to making a guessing game using SVG, Javascript, XML-events and XHTML. It will eventually work in the following way: 1.At the start, a user will press a button randomise. At this point a variable will be assigned a random number which will select one of five symbols: a square, a 5-pointed star, a circle, a triangle, ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>45. <a href='http://forums.devarticles.com/javascript-development-22/random-weighted-number-4741.html'>random weighted number</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devarticles.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>I don't know of a way to do this in javascript because it's client side and there's no way for you to track how many times an image has been displayed. You'll need to write something server-side that tracks displays and put together a little algorithm that spits out the images per your guidelines. </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>46. <a href='http://bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/878220-random-equation-guess-number-between-1-100-a'>Random equation guess number between 1-100</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    bytes.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>47. <a href='http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=2085184&s=619397a0ff5cd9870888417418f797c9'>Help with Random Number Generator</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.digitalpoint.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>How would I get this function to print the numbers in the alert box with spaces instead of commas and also how would I get it to print vertical instead of horizontal? function getaQuote() { var myarray=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] myarray.sort(function() {return 0.5 - Math.random()}) alert("Your Numbers: " + myarray) } </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>48. <a href='http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1580332&s=619397a0ff5cd9870888417418f797c9'>how to dynamically re-generate random numbers in a table</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.digitalpoint.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>i have a table with a couple random numbers, and i want to click a button that will dynamically regenerate the numbers each time the button is clicked without re-generating the entire table., im using DOM and innerhtml for these random numbers. heres the javascript and html code. so far, it just generates the random numbers when the page loads. var ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>49. <a href='http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1464211&s=619397a0ff5cd9870888417418f797c9'>Need Help With Getting Random Number To Display</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.digitalpoint.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>50. <a href='http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=337998&s=619397a0ff5cd9870888417418f797c9'>random number generator</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.digitalpoint.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>hi all im trying to put together a random number generator. it's working fine but i want to be able to have a name field that when filled in it will be the start of the random number. here's what i have so fare. <script> var keylist="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789" var temp='' function generatepass(plength){ temp='' for (i=0;i<plength;i++) temp+=keylist.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random()*keylist.length)) return temp } function populateform(enterlength){ document.pgenerate.output.value=generatepass(enterlength) ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>51. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/button-prints-out-random-number-850794.html'>[Other] Button prints out random number</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>The random number that's going to be generated by your script at this point is severely limited. It first will produce a number from 0 - 0.9 then be multiplied by 11. By that method your random number is fixed from the get-go. 0*11=0 0.1*11=1.1 0.2*11=2.2 and so on and so forth... </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>52. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/java-help-9/random-number-problem-please-help-734030.html'>Random Number problem, please help!</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Hi, i'm really new to Java programming, i'm currently reading beginning programming for dummies. So far I have learnt quite a lot, but obviously not enough... I set myself a challenge to create a simple text based game of 21, I managed to successfully create my first one, although I hadn't reached the section on 'loops' so I ended up repeating ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>53. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/how-to-dynamically-re-generate-random-numbers-in-a-table-655138.html'>How to dynamically re-generate random numbers in a table</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>i have a table with a couple random numbers, and i want to click a button that will dynamically regenerate the numbers each time the button is clicked without re-generating the entire table., im using DOM and innerhtml for these random numbers. heres the javascript and html code. so far, it just generates the random numbers when the page loads. var ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>54. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/random-number-doesn-t-appear-to-be-random-532020.html'>Random number doesn't appear to be random</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>states=new Array() states[0]="QLD" states[1]="NSW" states[2]="VIC" states[3]="SA" states[4]="WA" states[5]="TAS" states[6]="NT" states[7]="ACT" num=0 function pickstate() { var num=Math.floor(Math.random()*8) } function whichstate() { pickstate() guess="****" while (states[num] != guess.toUpperCase()) {guess=prompt("What's my favorite state: QLD,NSW,VIC,SA,WA,TAS,NT,ACT ?") if (guess.toUpperCase() == states[num]) {alert("That's my favorite state!")} else {alert(num);//output random number just to see if it is random alert("No, Try again")}} } </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>55. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/random-number-generating-quite-a-big-request-380249.html'>Random Number Generating (Quite a big request)</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>I am a moderator at a forum that does arena battles, and relies on random number generation to do battles. Typing all of the battles is very tiring, and our website would be much more interactive if we had a javascript generator to type out all the battles for us. The problem is, I'm not quite sure how a submission form ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>56. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/random-numbers-227621.html'>Random numbers...!!!!</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>57. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/query-regarding-random-numbers-urgent-227359.html'>Query regarding random numbers..!!! URGENT..!!</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>VERY URGENT hello everybody..I have one question... How do we generate random numbers from 1 to 13 without repetition..?? and After we generate them...I want to place them randomly in 4 text boxes...so that the total number of NUMBERS is 13. Distribution of numbers in textboxes can be of any order..I mean to say...5 in box1,7 in box2,1 in box3 and ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>58. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/not-sure-how-to-incorporate-random-number-gen-into-tracking-166579.html'>Not sure how to incorporate random number gen into tracking tags</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>hi, all! I have a client who wants to email their opt-in users and then follow them to the website with a 3rd party ad server's tracking system. Pretty normal stuff. Problem is, the client has rebuilt the site and is using a content management system. They don't want to put one tag on one page; they want to put all ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>59. <a href='http://forums.devshed.com/javascript-development-115/random-number-in-javascript-35042.html'>random number in javascript</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    forums.devshed.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>Something like: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function getRandom() { thisNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000) if (thisNumber < 100) { getRandom() } else { return thisNumber } } function init() { alert(getRandom()) } </script> </head> <body onLoad="init()"> </body> </html> would work. In this case, what should happen is that a random number is generated between 0 and 999. The number is tested, ...</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>60. <a href='http://www.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=93469&sid=1b8a710e50e9fdfd86f1ee3a5cbcda59'>[solved] Random numbers?</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    devnetwork.net</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>61. <a href='http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=lreca03m74d4cv9vk8dfrselq7&topic=248947.0'>Generating and using random numbers</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    phpfreaks.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'></div></td></tr><tr><td><div class='articleProductElement'><h3 class='articleProductElementTitle'>62. <a href='http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?687690-Random-Number-Generation.&s=738f247654589480c90b3a0a1a7b6e6e'>Random Number Generation.</a><span class='articleProductElementHost'>    sitepoint.com</span></h3><p class='articleProductElementParagraph'>I am using Math.floor(Math.random() * high) + low; to generate a random number. I thought this will generate a random value between the high value and low value. But when I use it in the below program the number generated is sometimes greater than the high value. Can someone please tell me why? <html> <head> <title>The Number Guessing Game